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Daniel Hill, Reno Man, Arrested in Connection to 2010 Murder of S.F. Homeless Man

San Francisco police have identified a suspect in a three-year-old unsolved murder case in Golden Gate Park. Police arrested 36-year-old Daniel Hill, a Reno, Nevada resident, on suspicion of killing 53-year-old Michael Ponder, a homeless man who had been residing near Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate ... More >>

Adieu, 49ers: San Francisco, Team to File for Divorce

For those with Kezar Stadium memories, losing the 49ers hurts. So does knowing the city can no longer afford the team.​Following that rarest of things -- a Super Bowl that came down to the final snap -- New England Patriots fans will be endlessly playing over the events in their minds. If only tha ... More >>

Michael Ponder Beaten to Death: Homicide No. 34

​The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office has identified the homeless man found beaten to death Saturday morning near Kezar Stadium as Michael Ponder. The 53-year-old succumbed to his wounds was discovered at 7:30 a.m. in Golden Gate Park.

49ers Kicker Joe Nedney Vs. Killer Robot: A Trove of Photos

All photos | Joe EskenaziJoe Nedney -- that's him with the uniform -- represented humanity. Ziggy, in the foreground, was the robots' champion.​Yesterday, SF Weekly covered an unusual Kezar Stadium competition, in which the San Francisco 49ers' 37-year-old kicker, Joe Nedney, easily outbooted ... More >>

Cheerleader Caught Looking

Jim HerdI spy with my little eye...​On Saturday at Kezar Stadium, Stanford played its annual Cardinal and White preseason scrimmage. While it was, by all accounts, a fine afternoon, most San Franciscans found other ways to pass the time. It seems this Stanford cheerleader did, too. To be fair, it' ... More >>

49ers Kicker Joe Nedney Outboots Killer Robot

Joe EskenaziJoe Nedney tees up for humanity; Ziggy looks on​The San Francisco 49ers' Joe Nedney today scored a victory for humanity -- and the small subsection of humans who kick footballs professionally. The human being scored an easy victory over Ziggy the Killer Robot in a field goal-kicking ba ... More >>

Can 49er Joe Nedney Outkick Killer Robot?

Actually, the robot is even meaner looking than Super Toe...​In a blatant publicity stunt we just couldn't resist, the San Francisco 49ers' excellent placekicker, Joe Nedney, will engage in a field goal battle with a 300-pound titanium killer robot named Ziggy. Not bad, Joe. But the robot awaits. ... More >>

Stanford Intersquad Football Game Comes to S.F.; Cal Fans Grind Teeth

You could call it a win-win: The football squad of Leland Stanford Junior University will be playing a game here in San Francisco -- and they'll be spending tons of money in our broke, broke city. Stanford has announced it will be playing its annual "Cardinal and White" intersquad spring game at S ... More >>

It's On! Department of Public Works Street-Steamer Passes On-Field Audition, Will Lead 49ers Out of Tunnel On Opening Day.

Tom TracyThe leader of the Pack ... er, the 49ers​Last week we reported that Steve Mahoney, a Department of Public Works steam-cleaner and motorcycle enthusiast, was stoked to be tentatively named the team's new on-field leader. All that was between Mahoney and a gig leading the 49ers onto the fie ... More >>

San Francisco 49ers New On-Field Leader: Department of Public Works Street-Steamer

Tom TracySteve Mahoney has Niners fandom in his blood (as well as ink)​With hopes high that the San Francisco 49ers can, once again, provide as much or more entertainment as the Piccolo Pete's sandwich and clandestine booze fans smuggle into Candlestick Park, the jury is out on who will be the tea ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: Douglas Johnson, Stabbed To Death In Bayview-Hunters Point, Is City's 22nd Homicide

View Larger MapThe San Francisco Medical Examiner's office has told SF Weekly that the man found stabbed to death in Bayview at 12:49 Monday morning by the San Francisco Police Department was Douglas Johnson, a 49-year-old San Franciscan. Police reports state Johnson got out of his parked car on the ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: Update -- Identity of Homicide Victim Found In Kezar Parking Lot Revealed

View Larger MapThe San Francisco Medical Examiner has identified the man found stabbed to death in the parking lot of Kezar Stadium in the wee hours Wednesday morning and notified his family, which resides in California. The man is 31-year-old Robert Matas, who had no known San Fran ... More >>

SFPD: Dead Man Discovered In Kezar Stadium Parking Lot 'Definitely a Homicide'

View Larger MapThe unidentified man police discovered at around 2:30 this morning is "definitely a homicide" according to San Francisco Police Department spokeswoman Sergeant Lyn Tomioka -- making the man the city's 21st homicide victim of the year. The victim -- whose identity, age, race, and othe ... More >>

In Desperate Times, Roller Derby Jams On

Better than bread and circusesOne of the classical world's entertainment staples was gladiatorial combat, a blood sport that allowed mud-caked plebes to forget, however briefly, the squalor of their day-to-day lives. In modern times, as we noted in a news story last month, the blood sport known as r ... More >>

Breaking News: Bomb Squad Investigates 'Device' Detonated North of Kezar Stadium

Around 7 p.m. Wednesday, police evening cordoned off several blocks around the wooded area north of Kezar Stadium after an explosion rocked the neighborhoods surrounding eastern Golden Gate Park.An official accompanying two bomb squad trucks that had been called to the scene said the blast, which co ... More >>

Feeling Crabby

Must we love everything about S.F. -- even the Dungeness?

Discount Dynasty

After scoring big with "Two Buck Chuck," renegade vintner Fred Franzia once again has Napa Valley's wine burghers in an uproar

Sunset on a Murder

Everyone thought the drunken fighting was just boys being boys. Until Robert Ramirez was shot 14 times in the face and Philip Sands -- one of his closest west-side friends -- was charged with murdering him.

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Up, Up, Away

The economy's been laid low, but you can still get high. Extremely.

Muni's Mack Daddy

James Robinson used to be a pimp. Now he's a transit union bigwig. And he's got higher ambitions.

The Great Irish Hope?

How amateur boxing matches -- and a bunch of mostly black and Latino fighters -- are resurrecting Irish culture in the Sunset

Series Clincher

Our spies-about-town tell you -- the non-ticketed majority -- the best party spots for World Series watching

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

The chaotic, unsuccessful, and utterly charming first year of the San Francisco Tsunami of the Women's American Football League

Riff Raff

The Fall of Love

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Night+Day

Battled Fields

A soccer dad says pickup players are being treated like second-class athletes

Calling It Rape

Two decades after the nightmare with a bronzed boatman on the Salmon River, I still hadn't forgiven myself for not fighting back. But there was no time like the present.

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